Re: debian services and responsibility

2002-03-04 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Ean Schuessler [snip explaination] | This might be a good time to think about how many times you have ever | said "thanks" to Brainfood for our years of effort and support. You know | how often we hear that from anyone? Almost never. All we get is bitching | and complaining, speculation about

Question to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Martin Schulze
This question goes to all candidates 1. How are you going to address public auditors on major events (such as LWE, FOSDEM, DebConf, LinuxTag etc.) with speaches? I read that not all of you were going to many events in the past or giving talks. Regards, Joey -- Unix is use

Re: debian services and responsibility

2002-03-04 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:51:26PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > | This might be a good time to think about how many times you have ever > | said "thanks" to Brainfood for our years of effort and support. You know > | how often we hear that from anyone? Almost never. All we get is bitching > | a

Questions for Raphael Hertzog.

2002-03-04 Thread Zephaniah E\. Hull
While reading your platform two things jumped out at me immediately: 1: 1.1 Sourceforge for Debian developers. Have you considered other possibile names? For what seem like obvious reasons (to me and a few others) it seems like a bad idea to use the name. In addition a few other

Re: Question to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 12:08:28PM +0100, Martin Schulze écrivait: > 1. How are you going to address public auditors on major events > (such as LWE, FOSDEM, DebConf, LinuxTag etc.) with speaches? > I read that not all of you were going to many events in the > past or giving talks. It

Question restated

2002-03-04 Thread Dale E Martin
> As DPL, you can expect me to take action when I see that our policies, or > the quality of our distribution, are being threatened. However, you need > only expect me to act as DPL on such issues as a last resort. Most of > the time, I think problems like the ones you point out can be addressed

Re: Questions for Raphael Hertzog.

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:11:34AM -0500, Zephaniah E. Hull écrivait: > 1: 1.1 Sourceforge for Debian developers. > Have you considered other possibile names? > > For what seem like obvious reasons (to me and a few others) it seems > like a bad idea to use the name. Well, I used

Re: Questions for Raphael Hertzog.

2002-03-04 Thread Steve Langasek
To build off of Zephaniah's questions: It is my belief that within Debian, sound solutions to technical problems find themselves implemented when good people are willing to do hard work to make them happen; and indeed, your biography shows that you have an impressive record of working hard to s

my platform

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Here is a text copy of my platform from http://www.debian.org/vote/2002/platforms/bdale Bdale Introduction / Biography My name is Bdale Garbee, and I ask you to elect me as your next Debian Project Leader. F

Questions to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Jordi Mallach
Hello everyone, The following questions are for the three Candidates: - In our Leader Elections of 2001, one of the "hot topics" in the Debian world was the proposal to remove the non-free archive. As most of you know, that proposal never got resolved, and it finally ended dying when every

3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Noel Koethe
Hello, I have these questions to the candidates: 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? (every x month) 2. The Debian Security tracks only the stable release. Raphael have the idea of a second security team which will work on the security of testing/unstable. What do you, Bd

Re: Questions for Raphael Hertzog.

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:23:42AM -0600, Steve Langasek écrivait: > hard work to make them happen; and indeed, your biography shows that you > have an impressive record of working hard to solve technical problems. Thank you ! > Do you believe there are other, non-technical obstacles tha

Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Martin Schulze
Noel Koethe wrote: > Hello, > > I have these questions to the candidates: > > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > (every x month) Please keep in mind that a DPL can't force a release without becoming a bugfixing maniac. Regards, Joey -- Unix is user friendly

Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Noel Koethe
On Mon, 04 Mär 2002, Martin Schulze wrote: > > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > > (every x month) > > Please keep in mind that a DPL can't force a release without > becoming a bugfixing maniac. Sure. I'm only interested in their opinion on this point. -- No

Re: Questions to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:55:29PM +0100, Jordi Mallach écrivait: > - In our Leader Elections of 2001, one of the "hot topics" in the Debian > world was the proposal to remove the non-free archive. As most of you > know, that proposal never got resolved, and it finally ended dying > when eve

Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:03:40PM +0100, Noel Koethe écrivait: > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > (every x month) I give a 8 month timeframe in my platform. However I'd be happy with anything below 12 monthes. > 3. Branden wrote in his platform about removing non-fre

Re: debian services and responsibility

2002-03-04 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 05:04:19PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 02:47:58PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > > No, in fact I'd venture to say it's unacceptable. > > > > Huh? > > > > Not only is it acceptable, b

Debian Project Leader Election 2002: Panelists

2002-03-04 Thread Debian Project Secretary
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks, The following people have volunteered to be on the panel for the project leader debate. o Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> o Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, o James A. Treacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> o Matthew Vernon

Re: Question restated

2002-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:48:11AM -0500, Dale E Martin wrote: > > As DPL, you can expect me to take action when I see that our policies, or > > the quality of our distribution, are being threatened. However, you need > > only expect me to act as DPL on such issues as a last resort. Most of > >

Re: Question to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 12:08:28PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > 1. How are you going to address public auditors on major events > (such as LWE, FOSDEM, DebConf, LinuxTag etc.) with speaches? > I read that not all of you were going to many events in the > past or giving talks. As I

Re: Opinions on crypto-in-main

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > 1) Do you think we have all the legal advice necessary to begin >implementing the crypto-in-main transition? Yes. > 2) Do you believe crypto-in-main is an important goal? Why or why >not? I touched on this in my platform. Quoting fro

Re: Questions to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:55:29PM +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote: > Hello everyone, > > The following questions are for the three Candidates: > > - In our Leader Elections of 2001, one of the "hot topics" in the Debian > world was the proposal to remove the non-free archive. As most of you > kn

Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:03:40PM +0100, Noel Koethe wrote: > Hello, > > I have these questions to the candidates: > > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > (every x month) I would personally be happy with a release cycle of between 6 months to 1 year. However, see sect

Re: responsability, blah blah blah

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David N. Welton) writes: > I want to know how the > DPL candidates would handle a situation like this so as to 1) get > services restored quickly and securely, or at the very minimum, keep > the rank and file informed of what's going on, and 2) not piss off > sponsors and volun

Re: Questions for the candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cord Beermann) writes: > Bdale: When i check http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] i find a lot > of bugs, including the important bugs (#95300, #99642, #108438) that > already contain fixes or pointers for a fix. These bugs doesn't look > like as if you have touched them. Bug 95300 I

Re: Question to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) writes: > 1. How are you going to address public auditors on major events > (such as LWE, FOSDEM, DebConf, LinuxTag etc.) with speaches? > I read that not all of you were going to many events in the > past or giving talks. I have attended many conf

Re: Questions to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jordi Mallach) writes: > Again, what is your stand about non-free & Debian? I'm satisfied with the current situation. I am pleased that advances in Open Source web browsers are reducing the number of Debian users who feel they have an absolute need for software from non-fr

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Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Noel Koethe) writes: > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > (every x month) It would be cool if we could arrange to have a major release every 12 months, and point releases every 2-3 months. The exact intervals are less important to me than becoming m

Re: debian services and responsibility

2002-03-04 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Ean Schuessler [snip explaination] | This might be a good time to think about how many times you have ever | said "thanks" to Brainfood for our years of effort and support. You know | how often we hear that from anyone? Almost never. All we get is bitching | and complaining, speculation about

Question to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Martin Schulze
This question goes to all candidates 1. How are you going to address public auditors on major events (such as LWE, FOSDEM, DebConf, LinuxTag etc.) with speaches? I read that not all of you were going to many events in the past or giving talks. Regards, Joey -- Unix is user

Re: debian services and responsibility

2002-03-04 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:51:26PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > | This might be a good time to think about how many times you have ever > | said "thanks" to Brainfood for our years of effort and support. You know > | how often we hear that from anyone? Almost never. All we get is bitching > | an

Questions for Raphael Hertzog.

2002-03-04 Thread Zephaniah E. Hull
While reading your platform two things jumped out at me immediately: 1: 1.1 Sourceforge for Debian developers. Have you considered other possibile names? For what seem like obvious reasons (to me and a few others) it seems like a bad idea to use the name. In addition a few other

Re: Question to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 12:08:28PM +0100, Martin Schulze écrivait: > 1. How are you going to address public auditors on major events > (such as LWE, FOSDEM, DebConf, LinuxTag etc.) with speaches? > I read that not all of you were going to many events in the > past or giving talks. It'

Question restated

2002-03-04 Thread Dale E Martin
> As DPL, you can expect me to take action when I see that our policies, or > the quality of our distribution, are being threatened. However, you need > only expect me to act as DPL on such issues as a last resort. Most of > the time, I think problems like the ones you point out can be addressed

Re: Questions for Raphael Hertzog.

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:11:34AM -0500, Zephaniah E. Hull écrivait: > 1: 1.1 Sourceforge for Debian developers. > Have you considered other possibile names? > > For what seem like obvious reasons (to me and a few others) it seems > like a bad idea to use the name. Well, I used

Re: Questions for Raphael Hertzog.

2002-03-04 Thread Steve Langasek
To build off of Zephaniah's questions: It is my belief that within Debian, sound solutions to technical problems find themselves implemented when good people are willing to do hard work to make them happen; and indeed, your biography shows that you have an impressive record of working hard to so

my platform

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Here is a text copy of my platform from http://www.debian.org/vote/2002/platforms/bdale Bdale Introduction / Biography My name is Bdale Garbee, and I ask you to elect me as your next Debian Project Leader. Fo

Questions to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Jordi Mallach
Hello everyone, The following questions are for the three Candidates: - In our Leader Elections of 2001, one of the "hot topics" in the Debian world was the proposal to remove the non-free archive. As most of you know, that proposal never got resolved, and it finally ended dying when everyo

3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Noel Koethe
Hello, I have these questions to the candidates: 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? (every x month) 2. The Debian Security tracks only the stable release. Raphael have the idea of a second security team which will work on the security of testing/unstable. What do you, Bda

Re: Questions for Raphael Hertzog.

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:23:42AM -0600, Steve Langasek écrivait: > hard work to make them happen; and indeed, your biography shows that you > have an impressive record of working hard to solve technical problems. Thank you ! > Do you believe there are other, non-technical obstacles that

Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Martin Schulze
Noel Koethe wrote: > Hello, > > I have these questions to the candidates: > > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > (every x month) Please keep in mind that a DPL can't force a release without becoming a bugfixing maniac. Regards, Joey -- Unix is user friendly

Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Noel Koethe
On Mon, 04 Mär 2002, Martin Schulze wrote: > > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > > (every x month) > > Please keep in mind that a DPL can't force a release without > becoming a bugfixing maniac. Sure. I'm only interested in their opinion on this point. -- Noè

Re: Questions to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:55:29PM +0100, Jordi Mallach écrivait: > - In our Leader Elections of 2001, one of the "hot topics" in the Debian > world was the proposal to remove the non-free archive. As most of you > know, that proposal never got resolved, and it finally ended dying > when ever

Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:03:40PM +0100, Noel Koethe écrivait: > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > (every x month) I give a 8 month timeframe in my platform. However I'd be happy with anything below 12 monthes. > 3. Branden wrote in his platform about removing non-free

Re: debian services and responsibility

2002-03-04 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 05:04:19PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 02:47:58PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > > No, in fact I'd venture to say it's unacceptable. > > > > Huh? > > > > Not only is it acceptable, bu

Debian Project Leader Election 2002: Panelists

2002-03-04 Thread Debian Project Secretary
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks, The following people have volunteered to be on the panel for the project leader debate. o Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> o Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, o James A. Treacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> o Matthew Vernon <

Re: Question restated

2002-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:48:11AM -0500, Dale E Martin wrote: > > As DPL, you can expect me to take action when I see that our policies, or > > the quality of our distribution, are being threatened. However, you need > > only expect me to act as DPL on such issues as a last resort. Most of > > t

Re: Question to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 12:08:28PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > 1. How are you going to address public auditors on major events > (such as LWE, FOSDEM, DebConf, LinuxTag etc.) with speaches? > I read that not all of you were going to many events in the > past or giving talks. As I s

Re: Opinions on crypto-in-main

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > 1) Do you think we have all the legal advice necessary to begin >implementing the crypto-in-main transition? Yes. > 2) Do you believe crypto-in-main is an important goal? Why or why >not? I touched on this in my platform. Quoting from

Re: Questions to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:55:29PM +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote: > Hello everyone, > > The following questions are for the three Candidates: > > - In our Leader Elections of 2001, one of the "hot topics" in the Debian > world was the proposal to remove the non-free archive. As most of you > kno

Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:03:40PM +0100, Noel Koethe wrote: > Hello, > > I have these questions to the candidates: > > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > (every x month) I would personally be happy with a release cycle of between 6 months to 1 year. However, see secti

Re: responsability, blah blah blah

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David N. Welton) writes: > I want to know how the > DPL candidates would handle a situation like this so as to 1) get > services restored quickly and securely, or at the very minimum, keep > the rank and file informed of what's going on, and 2) not piss off > sponsors and volunt

Re: Questions for the candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cord Beermann) writes: > Bdale: When i check http://bugs.debian.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] i find a lot > of bugs, including the important bugs (#95300, #99642, #108438) that > already contain fixes or pointers for a fix. These bugs doesn't look > like as if you have touched th

Re: Question to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) writes: > 1. How are you going to address public auditors on major events > (such as LWE, FOSDEM, DebConf, LinuxTag etc.) with speaches? > I read that not all of you were going to many events in the > past or giving talks. I have attended many confe

Re: Questions to Candidates

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jordi Mallach) writes: > Again, what is your stand about non-free & Debian? I'm satisfied with the current situation. I am pleased that advances in Open Source web browsers are reducing the number of Debian users who feel they have an absolute need for software from non-fre

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Re: 3 questions

2002-03-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Noel Koethe) writes: > 1. How often should there be a stable release if possible? > (every x month) It would be cool if we could arrange to have a major release every 12 months, and point releases every 2-3 months. The exact intervals are less important to me than becoming mo